fume
Often fumes . any smokelike or vaporous exhalation from matter or substances, especially of an odorous or harmful nature: tobacco fumes; noxious fumes of carbon monoxide.
an irritable or angry mood: He has been in a fume ever since the contract fell through.
to emit or exhale, as fumes or vapor: giant stacks fuming their sooty smoke.
to treat with or expose to fumes.
to rise, or pass off, as fumes: smoke fuming from an ashtray.
to emit fumes: The leaky pipe fumed alarmingly.
to show fretful irritation or anger: She always fumes when the mail is late.
Origin of fume
1Other words for fume
Other words from fume
- fumeless, adjective
- fumelike, adjective
- fumer, noun
- fum·ing·ly, adverb
- un·fum·ing, adjective
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How to use fume in a sentence
The Walters Art Museum abruptly shut its doors for three weeks starting in mid-June after about half a dozen employees became ill from inhaling fumes from chemicals used to repair the roof of one of the museum’s buildings.
Walters Art Museum closed for three weeks after employees exposed to vapors | Mary Carole McCauley | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostInhaling any residual fumes from it could damage your airways or worsen any respiratory condition.
How to sanitize a face mask safely and easily | Sandra Gutierrez G. | August 26, 2021 | Popular-ScienceLast week, in partnership with The Texas Tribune and NBC Universal, we published a story about a family poisoned by carbon monoxide fumes in Houston during the severe winter storms and power failures in February.
How We Report on Pain, Death and Trauma Without Losing Our Humanity | by Karim Doumar | August 26, 2021 | ProPublicaGas generators are the standard method of bringing power to the powerless, but the fumes, weight, and noise prevent these big engines from being in-home power supplies or good portable camping generators.
Best electric generator: The top picks to keep your fridge and phone running | Dan Bergstein | August 25, 2021 | Popular-ScienceYes, they could run on fumes for a bit, relying on long-standing relationships and ingrained behaviors to keep some semblance of their culture alive in the digital realm.
In 1639 Venner published a volume entitled "A Treatise" concerning the taking of the fume of tobacco.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.But the contemplation of his grief disturbs his equanimity more and more, and he begins to fret and fume.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksThe Commissary continued to fume about the disgraceful charges brought against his men until they reached camp.
Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) | John McElroyThey could only stand with lowered heads and fume and rumble.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinA colourless liquor comes over first, and then a thick white fume, which condenses into the transparent liquor above mentioned.
British Dictionary definitions for fume
/ (fjuːm) /
(intr) to be overcome with anger or fury; rage
to give off (fumes) or (of fumes) to be given off, esp during a chemical reaction
(tr) to subject to or treat with fumes; fumigate
(often plural) a pungent or toxic vapour
a sharp or pungent odour
a condition of anger
Origin of fume
1Derived forms of fume
- fumeless, adjective
- fumelike, adjective
- fumer, noun
- fumingly, adverb
- fumy, adjective
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Scientific definitions for fume
[ fyōōm ]
Smoke, vapor, or gas, especially if irritating, harmful, or smelly.
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